1st June 2013
After saying good bye and giving
some money to the kind family, I started my ride heading to Kazarman. It was
gravels all the way and I have to ride carefully. There were times when I
reached a junction, I was confused on which way must I take as there was no
sign board at all. I experienced one bike drop due to mishandling of the bike when riding on the thick piling gravels.
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| The guy on the left was sooo fascinated with my bike....LOL... |
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| Kyrgyzstan is not only a mountainous country, but with lots of gorges |
My fuel was getting low and I couldn’t find any petrol
station at all. I saw a man fixing a broken water pipe and with minimum
conversation, I asked him if he knew where I can find a petrol station. He
gestured that there was no petrol station until Kazarman, but he went to his
lorry which was parked nearby and came back with some fuel. Thank god. I paid
him some money for the fuel and said thanks.
I rode on, passing a beautiful
but scary Ak-Moinak Pass (2932m) with some ice scattered on its peak. The pass
was steep and I was struggling to change to the 2nd gear while ascending it. I took
some time to view the pass from its peak. The pass was totally dirt and gravels
and was very steep with hair pin bends. How am I going to descend this pass? I
rode very slowly and carefully, all the time reciting prayers in my heart. I
made it safely down, but was too relieved and too nervous to even look back to
see the road that I had just successfully descended (without a fall).
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| Ak-Moinak Pass.....totally dirt and gravels..... |
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I was ascending from down there just now..... |
It took
me 5 hours to reach Kazarman. Even though there was still plenty of time for
daylight, I made up my mind to call it a day since I knew that it’s going to be
a loooonggg ride to Jalalabad, my next destination.
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